Western - Pre Novice Men Free

1 Alexander Sheldrick WO
Pattern top with shades dark brown & beige / star wars I think / 2l had it a bit unsteady then fell / 2z2t really close to boards on toe and fell / flysit has great tuck and fly very nice spin / 2f both hands down under rot / softer music and he has some nice expression / 2s / sit ch sit with pos variations is well done / 2f landed on both feet after 1-1/2 revs / strt steps are soso / 1a fell / 2l turns 2s didn't get off ice / a bit of trouble on the combo spin / gr total 43.23

6 Benjamin Guthrie NO
Navy with silver design across upper chest / cam ch cam with wonderful pos on the front, back need a bit work to match the font / 2f2l / double ? / sorry I'm in 'gaze' mode right now - seeing things and not able to write them up / I just missed something / 60.79 currently 1st overall

10 Dylan Archambault BC/YT
Dark navy shirt black pants with silver on belt / skating around shaking out his arms and legs - now he's set / fly sit spin with good variations to xfoot / and now some dancing with the music and bulding up speed / 2z2t / (can you see I've got a 2nd wind after that ice-make) / bailed on a 2? Then a 2t / 2a landed right on beat of music / back sit ch sit good pos variations / he's quite musical and flows very well / 2a2t1l / 2z turns 2s / 2z / strt steps well chor'd to music and he's performing them / nice camel start a combo spin that gets slow during the final sit pos but ends with a nice xfoot / gr tot 63.75 currently 1st overall /

11 Kevin Caron BC/YT
Red shirt with black trim & gold buttons - black stripe down sleeve / nice high 2a / 2z2t2l saved both the z and l / 3l very low landing and managed to save it for a second but then put free foot down / combo spin ending in nice xfoot / 3s very low landing with turnout but stayed on 1 foot / bailed on flip - pick didn't go in right / back cam - pos a bit weak as is the front camel but sit and upright variations are very good / 2z / diag ftwrk shows nice edges / 2a turns 2s / death drop almost lost the landing but saved it / gr tot 63.23 currently 2nd overall / that surprises me. Between the end of the event and posting this I've seen the protocol and both his triples were down-graded. The loop was at the far end of the ice and I can't be sure about that one, but the sal was right in front of me and I'm positive it shouldn't have been downgraded.

18 Rhys Anderson BC/YT
Black top with a sheen to it except on one sleeve / some innovative fast chor to start / 2z2t not really pretty but clean / flysit has good height & spin pos but gets very slow / 2a2t / 2s / spin that I din't seet the start of ended in back sit xffot / strt steps use accents of music / bailed on axel / 2t / back camel although slow has quite good pos - starts a combo spin / 2a hop turn 1l / 2z into closing pose / gr tot 77.18 currently 1st overall /

19 Christopher Blackmore AB/NT/NU
Black tshirt & pants with royal blue design covering most of one side of top / 2? / 2a2t / 2z2t / 2l hopped on landing to hold it / back camel with layover variations to xfoot - nice spin / back spiral is very nice / 1a / bailed on 3s / O ftwrk is great with faster music and a stumble about ½ way through / into a spin I didn't really see / 2z turns 2s / back camsel starts a good combo spin / gr tot 71.05 currently 4th overall /
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